On-Demand Training
Original webcast aired June 26, 2018
Run time: 2 hoursTerms: Purchase of this training entitles Purchaser to unlimited viewings of the recorded original webcast for up to 14 days from date of purchase. The training video is not downloadable, but rather is viewable in MP4 format online at our GoToWebinar portal.​About This Training
Your multifamily property’s Project-Based Section 8 HAP (PBS8) Contract expires at year-end. So, how well do you understand the contract renewal options consistent with HUD Section 8 Renewal Policy? Does your expiring contract qualify for renewal under the Mark-Up-to-Market (MUTM) option? Will the renewal application require a Rent Comparability Study? Will rent adjustments in subsequent years be subject to Operating Cost Adjustment Factor (OCAF) or budget-based rent adjustment (BBRI)? If your day to day job responsibilities involve developing and implementing strategies to maximize your PBS8 contact, this back-to-basics training is for you.
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Join host Vinnie Viola and special guests Nicole (Walls) Pickens and Angela Garland of Quadel Consulting & Training for an insightful discussion of the various options and requirements for PBS8 contract renewals in a two-hour training. Nicole and Angela, as Managing Director and Contract Renewal Manager, respectively, for Quadel’s performance-based contract administration team, manage an extensive caseload of contract renewals for the States of Indiana and North Carolina in liaison with Indiana Housing and Community Development and the North Carolina Housing Finance Agency. They will highlight key sections in HUD’s Section 8 Renewal Policy Guide and offer practical tips to help ensure success with your next PBS8 contract renewal application. Contact Vinnie with questions about this training at vinnie@birchislandrec.com or 617-905-6340.

Is This Training for Me?
This training is intended for multifamily professionals with responsibility for evaluating project-based Section 8 contract renewal options and maximizing Housing Assistance Payments and other benefits:

​Project Owners, Operators

General Partners & Managing Members

Senior Property Management Statt

Multifamily Asset Managers

Property Compliance Staff

HUD, State Housing Agency & PHA Staff

About the PresentersNicole (Walls) Pickens, Managing Director at Quadel Consulting & Training, has over 17 years of experience working in the low-income housing industry. She began her career as site manager for several Section 8 and LIHTC properties. For nearly 6 years, Nicole was a Program Compliance Specialist for Indiana Quadel; in 2009, she was promoted to Assistant Voucher Manager. In 2011, she was again promoted to Contract Renewal Manager, where she oversaw all duties and tasks associated with over 1,000 contract renewals and rent adjustments for both Indiana & North Carolina. Today, Nicole serves as Managing Director of Indiana Quadel where she plans, organizes, manages, controls and directs the daily activities of the company, its staff and subcontractors.​

​​Angie Garland has over 15 years of experience in affordable housing, with expertise with Section 8, HOME and CDBG programs and the Relocation Act. She joined Indiana Quadel in 2008 as a Contract Renewal Specialist and promoted to Senior Contract Renewal Specialist in 2010. Angie currently serves as Contract Renewal Manager, where she oversees all duties and tasks associated with Section 8 HAP contract renewals and rent adjustments.

​​​Vinnie Viola, HCCP, MPA, is Principal and Founder of Birch Island Real Estate Consulting, LLC. His company provides asset management consulting services and live and web-based trainings to owners, developers, operators and investors of multifamily housing funded with Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) equity. With 25 years of broad experience, Vinnie has worked in for-profit, government and not-for-profit organizations that invest in, manage and regulate affordable housing. His career includes ten years in various leadership roles at Boston Financial Investment Management and Boston Capital, through which he gained expertise with asset management best practices and IRS' Section 42 program. Vinnie has asset managed thousands of rental units in hundreds of investment partnerships, comprising nearly $1 billion in investor contributed equity.

​Vinnie earned a Bachelor of Arts in Geography from the University of Massachusetts Boston and a Master of Public Affairs from the University of Texas at Dallas. He is an active member of NH & RA's Asset Management Council, a unique peer network that convenes affordable housing executives from multifamily development firms as well as syndicators, tax credit investors and lenders, to develop operational best practices. From 2013-2017, Vinnie ​served on National Association of Home Builder's Housing Credit Certified Professional (HCCP) Board of Governors and chaired the board's Professional Development subcommittee.